Review Revue: ‘Oz the Great and Powerful,’ ‘Dead Man Down’

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WSJ Staff

Mar 8, 2013 2:00 pm ET

This week at the movies, we’ve got a wonderful wizard (“Oz the Great and Powerful,” starring James Franco, Mila Kunis, and Michelle Williams) and a pair of avengers (“Dead Man Down,” starring Noomi Rapace, Colin Farrell, and Terrence Howard). Find out what the critics have to say on Rotten Tomatoes.

“Oz the Great and Powerful”

Few films could hope to match the influence and popularity of “The Wizard of Oz,” so it was probably a wise move for director Sam Raimi to forge a different path down the Yellow Brick Road with “Oz the Great and Powerful,” a prequel to the 1939 classic.

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